Jhessian Balmgiver
Creature — Human Cleric
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Conflux
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #25231
Jhessian Balmgiver offers two relevant abilities — unblockable and prevent-1-damage — on a 1/1 body for three mana, which is a steep rate for effects this modest. It sees play almost exclusively in damage-prevention or tap-synergy Commander builds, and even there it's rarely more than a niche inclusion.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Jhessian Balmgiver is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in any of those formats is essentially zero. In Commander it finds a narrow home in tap-synergy decks or builds that care about preventing damage — think Pramikon, Sky Rampart or pillow-fort strategies — but the three-mana cost for a 1/1 means it's almost always outclassed. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have no use for it; the effect simply doesn't scale to those environments. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a dedicated damage-prevention planeswalker pairing could make it functional, but that's a very specific ask.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Jhessian Balmgiver is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is close to none. It's stable at that floor because there's no competitive pressure pushing it up, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.